Caryophyllenes from a fungal culture of Chrysosporium pilosum

J Nat Prod. 2009 Mar 27;72(3):484-7. doi: 10.1021/np8006414.

Abstract

Four new caryophyllene derivatives, Sch 725432 (1), Sch 601253 (2), Sch 601254 (3), and Sch 725434 (4), were isolated from the fungal fermentation broth of Chrysosporium pilosum by reversed-phase HPLC purification. The structure elucidation of trioxygenated caryophyllenes 1-4 was accomplished on the basis of spectroscopic data interpretation. Sch 725434 (4) possesses a dihydrofuran-3-one ring, forming a tricyclic ring skeleton, which represents an unprecedented ring skeleton for the caryophyllene-type of sesquiterpenes. Compounds 1-4 were evaluated for their antifungal activity.

MeSH terms

  • Antifungal Agents / chemistry
  • Antifungal Agents / isolation & purification
  • Antifungal Agents / pharmacology
  • Chrysosporium / chemistry*
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Biomolecular
  • Polycyclic Sesquiterpenes
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae / drug effects*
  • Sesquiterpenes / chemistry
  • Sesquiterpenes / isolation & purification*
  • Sesquiterpenes / pharmacology

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • Polycyclic Sesquiterpenes
  • Sesquiterpenes
  • caryophyllene